Workbook refresh

Hi Gurus,
I have a workbook in which there are 11 work sheets. I do not want to refresh the entire work book, When the user opens the work book only the first sheet must be refreshed and when the user navigate to another work sheet, only that work sheet must be refreshed. Is it posible to do this?
Regards,
Raghavendra.

Hi,
Refresh Workbook on Open--->If this indicator is selected, when you open a workbook from the server, the workbook is automatically refreshed with values from the server. If this indicator is not selected, you have to manually update the workbook after you open it to retrieve the most current results.On the Exits tab page, you can choose whether a macro can be called during the refresh. You can choose any macro name. Note that the macro is only called when the workbook is opened if the Refresh Workbook on Open indicator is set on the General tab page.
Refer for Workbook Settings
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/54/a493f7256b43698191a2623e5a0532/content.htm
Regards
CSM Reddy

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